CMS Releases 2020 MPFS Final Rule – 90 day reporting for 2020


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You now have significantly more time to implement EyeMD EMR 2.0!

On Friday, 11/1/19, CMS released the 2020 Final Rule, which eases the administrative burden on your practice. The Final Rule reduces the reporting period to 90 days for 2020 and beyond. This allows you to focus on your practice and your patients by providing you plenty of breathing room to update to 2.0.

While EyeMD EMR has ZERO intention of letting off the gas on our 2.0 Roll-out, if you’d prefer to ease into the upgrade at your own pace, just reach out and let us know! Even if you’ve already scheduled your upgrade, we’ll be glad to adjust your scheduled roll-out to better fit the needs of your practice.

Our #1 goal is to always put your practice first. We’ll make sure to keep you in the loop on news related to CMS, MIPS, the EyeMD EMR 2.0 Roll-out and any other happenings that may have an impact on your practice. As we continue to progress through the 2.0 roll-out, expect more frequent communications via the Client Newswire and e-mail alerts. Thank you for your continued partnership!

Here are a few other key takeaways:

Quality Payment Program Highlights – Promoting Interoperability (EMR Portion) 

  • PI Reporting period – changed to a minimum of any continuous 90-days for 2020 and beyond!
  • Query of Prescription Drug Monitoring Program – was changed to be an optional measure that results in bonus points if you choose to participate.
  • Verify Opioid Treatment Agreement – measure was removed.
  • Support Electronic Referral Loops by Sending Health Information – taking an exclusion redistributes points to Provide Patients Electronic Access .

Quality Payment Program Highlights – Other Categories 

  • MIPS Value Pathways – begins in 2021, and moves toward a set of measures applicable to specialists.
  • Quality data completeness – threshold increased to 70%.
  • Improvement Activities – increased participation threshold to 50% of the clinicians within a practice.
  • Measure 192 Cataracts: Complications within 30 Days & Measure 388: Cataract Surgery with Intra-Operative Complications – measures removed.

Payment Adjustments for 2022  

  • Maximum penalty or bonus based on 2020 reporting is 9%, up from 7% from the previous year.

Evaluation & Management Services (effective for 2021) 

  • Established patients – maintained 5 visit levels.
  • New patients – reduced to 4 visit levels.
  • Clinicians may now choose E/M visit level based on either medical decision making OR time.

If you would like to further review the final rule, you may download the 2,475 page document here.

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